茉莉菊酯
mò​lì​jú​zhǐ

jasmolin

茉 mò white jasmine

Phonosemantic compound. 艹 represents the meaning and 末 represents the sound.

Components

艹
艹 Meaning component
cao, cǎo grass

艹 is a component form of 艸.

末
末 Sound component
mò end

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

莉 lì, lí, chí jasmine

Phonosemantic compound. 艹 represents the meaning and 利 represents the sound.

Components

艹
艹 Meaning component
cao, cǎo grass

艹 is a component form of 艸.

利
利 Sound component
lì, li benefit

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangriːl
r'il
r'i

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica

菊 jú chrysanthemum

Components

艹
艹 Meaning component
cao, cǎo grass

flower

匊
匊 Sound component
jū handful

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangkuɡ
Unicodegiuk

說文解字

大菊，蘧麥。从艸匊聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

酯 zhǐ ester

Phonosemantic compound. 酉 represents the meaning and 旨 represents the sound.

Components

酉
酉 Meaning component
yǒu wine
旨
旨 Sound component
zhǐ purpose

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode